Stand and gage for dress-fitters.



A. BARMER.

mim) 1111111111161: 'P011 DRESS HTTBBS. APPLICATION FILED PERM, 1908. RHB'HWED MAB. 23, 1911.

1,0G5,5421 Patented 001. 1o, 1911.

i .alil whom it may commi:

v 'Beit' known that LADA' HARMEB, a subject of the King of England, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a new and usefulLStand and Gage for Dress-Fitters, of

which the following is a specification. 'Y This invention relates to' stands and gages for dress fitters, and it consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described and claimed.

The object of the invention istoproduce amovable and revoluble support whereon the personwhose garment is being fitted or adjusted may'stand,-said support being. provided with a brace or back support to steady the person standing thereon, and with a vmeasuring gage to assist in the proper ar rangement of the garment. The advantages of such parts will be obvious to those skilled inth'e'art to which the invention appertains from the following description, `reference being made to the accompanying drawings in whichi':v j

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus,.and Fig. 2.is a view ofithe back support or'brace constituting part of the support;` ,v v

'A- platform., 1 is 1 mounted on pedestals whose lower ends are supported by rollers 2 whereby the device may be easily wheeled or rolled from one location to another as desiredi At the center of the platform 1 a Evot pin or trunnion 3 is attached, the same shown in dottedlines and'being of aiiyusual or well known arrangement.` A revoluble table 4 turns around said trunnion asanQaxis and rests upon a seriesof rollers A5 'which are carriedby -the platform 1 near its outer edge.` Fromthe foregoing it is ob'- vious that the table 4 may be turned to any desiredposition relative to the platform .1` and the entire apparatus may be moved .about without' difficulty, the rollers 2 beingv the -means of transportation. An upright member 6 is fastened near the edge of the .table 4 in some substantialmanner. A ring 7 encircles said upright and may be moved to any desired. position thereon, and when so positioned maybe fastened by a screw 8. A sleeve 9 encircles the upright member 6 above the ring 7 and may alsobe moved to any desired position and, when properly positioned, may be fastened by a thumb-screw 10. The ring7 is intended to be adjusted to determine the downward movement o'fy UNITED ,STATES PATENT oFFioE.

.Serial No.A 616,484.

the' sleeveV 9 to; prevent moving the said u Y Specication ot Letters'PatentY Patentedoct, 10,1911; l Application iledilebruaryi, 1908 Serial No.' 417,338. Renewed March 23, 1911. I

sleeve .too fardown. .A horizontal sleeve 11 is rigidwith the sleeve 9 and is also. provided with a set-screw 'l2 whereby'the bar 13,v operating .in said sleeve,'may be firmly held 1n any proper adjustment in which it placed.'` That end` of the bar 13 which projectsover the table 4 .is bifurcated, as shoWn in Fig. 2. An arcuate back piece or supportA 14 has a projection 'lextendingbetween the arms ofthe fork on1 the bar 13.

and is held and boundfinfits proper adjustments therein by means of a set-screw 16.

This construction. enables thebaek support to'beadjusted atfany 'desired angle,l andA to hemoved outward or inward, or upward or downward, as .the circumstances or conditions at time of use may demand. A base plate 17 supports a vertical bar 18, having a graduated scale engraved thereon. A curved arm or bar 19 has a hole to receive the bar '18, and 1s slidably supported by said bar. A.

set-screw 20 is arranged to hold tliebar 19 wherever it may be positioned on the vertical bar 18. l

The person whose garment, is to beadjusted stands upon the table 4, leaning against the support 14, which may be adjusted as described to meet the requirements.

of each case. l'The gage bar. 19 is moved. to

.thefproper position to mark the lower edge of the garment and is held in such position by the set-screw 20.*. The .base 17 is loose on the table 4 and may be moved from one position to another asrequired to cause the 4gage or measuring bar 19 to define the entire loweredge of the garment in a straight or even li'ne. The table 4 maybe turned on the rollers 5, and the entire apparatus maybe moved from' place to place on th'e rollers 2, for obvious purposes of 'con' venience.

It is apparent that there may be many variations and modifications from 'the specific construction set forth and illustrated without in the leastdeparting from the Vspirit and scope of luy-invention, for' which reason I do not'restrict myself. to identical par-ts' or arrangement thereof. But I-VThat I' claim and desire to 4secure by Let-v ters Patent is: v

1. A stand and gage for dress ftters comprising a table, a post attached to said table,

.sa vertically movable devie mounted on said post, means operable to bind-said devlce 1n any position 4on said posts; a; horizontally movable bar carried by said movable device, means operable to bind said bar in any position in which it may be adjusted, an arcuate back piece attached to said bar, and c a gage mounted onsaid table, substantially as specified.

2. In a stand and gage for dress litters, a table, a -post attached to said table, a movable ring encircling said post, a binding de- Vice for holding said ring in any adjustment in which it may be placed on said post, a sleeve encircling said post abovey said ring, means for binding said sleeve in any posi* tion in which it may be placed above said ring, a horizontal sleeve rigid with said first-named sleeve, a bar extending into said horizontal sleeve, means for binding said bar in position, and an arcuate back piece supported by said barabove said table,substantially as specied.

3. In a stand and gage for dress itters, a

table, a post on said table, a sleeve encircling said post, means for binding said'sleeve in position on said post, an adjustable abutmenton said post below said sleeve, means for binding said abutment in any adjustment in which it may be placed, a horizontal sleeve carried by said first-named sleeve, a

bifurcated bar extending into said horizontal sleeve, an arcuate back piece secured to said bar, and a binding device for holding said bar in position in connection with said sleeve, substantially as specied.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my signature to this specification this 6th day of December, 1907, in the presence of two Witnesses.

ADA HARMER.

Witnesses J. D. Rirrny, L. C. KINGSLAND. 

